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Open Panzer Help / Fix Your Bad Board

« on: July 26, 2017, 02:37:38 PM »

A small batch of the TCB's were released by Hobby King.  They are currently (July 2017) working to correct the problem and refund customers who received the bad boards.  If you have received a bad board, you may be able to fix it by replacing the wrong parts.  I do not posses the knowledge or equipment to do this, so I am looking for a local electronics guru to do this for me.

The bad boards contain the wrong MOSFETs and NOT the specified IRLML2502.
Q1 through Q8 should be replaced with the Infineon IRLML2502.  The IRLML2502 can be ordered from the following locations:
USA:       https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IRLML2502TRPBF/IRLML2502PBFCT-ND/812502
Germany:    https://www.conrad.de/
      
https://www.reichelt.de/
UK:      http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/mosfet-transistors/6106693/

For background information and the evolution of this information, see Open Panzer Forum thread here: http://openpanzer.org/forum/index.php?topic=54.0

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Open Panzer Help / OP Config Display Settings

« on: July 08, 2017, 03:19:26 PM »

My laptop display's highest resolution is 1366x768.  When the OP Config program is open, some of the settings at the bottom of the screen are not accessible.  When the program is maximized, the settings don't show.  When I 'restore down' (not maximized) I can see them below the task bar but I am unable to slide the program window up on my screen.  The only 'grab' point on the program window is at the top which does not allow me the slide the program window up high enough to access the bottom stuff.  (See attachment) Is it possible to add a slide bar on the right side of the OP Config program so I can slide it up to access the fields at the bottom of the screen?
Thank you for all your hard work... this Open Panzer project is AWESOME!

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Show and Tell / First Order!

« on: July 08, 2017, 01:39:29 PM »

I just ordered my first TCB and other items from Hobby King! Actually I ordered the TCB, Turnigy 9XR Pro and a Turnigy DSSS 2.4Ghz Transmitter Module.  Still have other items to purchase, but they'll have to wait for now.  Please take a look at my spreadsheet (attached) of items and see if I'm missing anything.  (These are for a Heng Long Panther.)  Feel free to use my spreadsheet and revise to your liking!

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Open Panzer Help / New Forum Category

« on: July 08, 2017, 11:44:53 AM »

Would it be possible to create another category (section) in the forum for people to post their build progress and pics, etc.?  Thanks!

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Open Panzer Help / Heng Long 2.4 GHz Radio

« on: July 05, 2017, 03:14:27 PM »

Will the Heng Long 2.4 GHz receiver work with the TCB?  I know it needs to be capable of sending a PPM, SBus, or iBus signal, however I’m not able to figure out what protocol it uses.  Thanks!